Picture Books about Playing Outside

Secrets I Know by K. George

• Pub Date: 2017
• A little girl uses her imagination while playing outside in the rain with a friend. 

Float by Daniel Miyares

• Pub Date: 2015
• See also: End pages worth Noticing, Perseverance 
• A little boy heads outside to sail a paper boat.

Another Way to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Nature, Imagination
• A little girl who loves to climb trees is stuck inside when she is sick, so she uses her imagination. 

Mimi and Bear in the Snow by Janee Trasler 

• Pub Date: 2014
• See also: Stuffed Animals, Winter 
• Mimi loses bear one winter day. 

Dirt + Water = Mud by  Katherine Hannigan

• Pub Date: 216
• See also: End Pages Worth Noticing
• A girl spends a day playing with her dog in the backyard.

Busy-Eyed Day by Anne Marie Pace

• Pub Date: 2018
• See also POC on the Cover
• Kids spend a day at the park. 

Bumpety, Dunkety, Thumpety-Thump by K.L. Going

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Onomatopoeia, Ends with Bedtime, Cooking
• Kids play outside, pick berries, bake a pie, and go to bed. 

The Pirate Tree by Brigita Orel

• Pub Date: 2019
• A tree serves as a pirate ship for two kids who become friends.